Hassan Fathi

Egyptian architect (1900–1989)

Person human Q560101

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: March 25, 1900, March 23, 1900^[6]
Date of death: November 30, 1989
Place of birth: Alexandria
Place of death: Cairo
Country of citizenship: Egypt, Ottoman Empire^[7]^[8]
Occupation: architect
Employer: Cairo University^[10]
Field of work: architecture^[9]
Educated at: Cairo University^[11]
Award received: Right Livelihood Award, Balzan Prize, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Robert Matthew Prize^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Arabic^[19]
Family name: Fathi^[17]
Given name: Hassan^[18]
Name in native language: حسن فتحي^[20]

🏷️ Also known as

en Hasan Fathī en Hassan Fathy en Hassan Fathi ar حسن فتحي cs Fathy el Χασσάν Φατί fa حسن فتحی he חסן פתחי it Ḥasan Fatḥī ja ハッサン・ファトヒー pl Hasan Fathi ru Фатхи Хасан ru Фатхи, Хасан ru Хасан Фатхи uk Хассан Фатхі zh 哈桑·法帝

🔖 Identifiers · 64

ISNI: 0000000121444661
VIAF cluster ID: 96467572
Library of Congress authority ID: n84132466
GND ID: 118929097
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Hassan Fathy in Cairo (cropped).jpg ↗
American Academy in Rome ID: 12383003
ArchINFORM person/group ID: 888
Artists of the World ID: 40175531
AskArt person ID: 11355814
BIBSYS ID: 90412310
Babelio author ID: 174010
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11902298f

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DDB person (GND) ID: 118929097
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations: 22290
EGAXA ID: vtls000866017
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Hassan-Fathy
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: hassan-fathy
FAST ID: 140785
Freebase ID: /m/02rxd2
Goodreads author ID: 131160
Google Doodle: hassan-fathys-117th-birthday
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Hassan_Fathy
Grove Art Online ID: T027646
IdRef ID: 026858630
KBR person ID: 14765853
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Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: 02129/eu_f_0189/f0189
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA01218077
NE.se ID: hassan-fathy
NL CR AUT ID: xx0088290
NLA Trove people ID: 819739
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000204707
NSK ID: 981005765753309366
NUKAT ID: n2009142545
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007261038505171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC201951388
National Library of Latvia ID: 000248116
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Prabook ID: 1288894
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SHARE Catalogue author ID: 36501
Tabakalera ID: 124940
Treccani ID: hassan-fathy
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: hasan-fathi
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Union List of Artist Names ID: 500105514
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058511295406706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1342184
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID: hassan-fathi
WikiTree person ID: Fathy-2
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Yale LUX ID: person/9292f3dd-1f79-42e8-a4a4-ae8c590ac139

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🔗 Connections

Award received 3

Right Livelihood Award, Balzan Prize, Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Country of citizenship 2

Egypt, Ottoman Empire

Educated at 1

Cairo University

Employer 1

Cairo University

Field of work 1

architecture

Given name 1

Hassan

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Arabic

Occupation 1

architect

Place of birth 1

Alexandria

Place of death 1

Cairo

Sex or gender 1

male

Students 1

Catherine Belkhodja

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Summary

Hassan Fathi was born on March 25, 1900^[1], in Alexandria^[2]. He died on November 30, 1989^[3], in Cairo^[4]. He worked as an architect^[5].

FAQs

Where was Hassan Fathi born?

Hassan Fathi's place of birth was Alexandria^[2].

Where did Hassan Fathi die?

Hassan Fathi passed away in Cairo^[4].

What did Hassan Fathi do for work?

Hassan Fathi worked as an architect^[5].

Where did Hassan Fathi go to school?

Hassan Fathi was educated at Cairo University^[11].

What awards did Hassan Fathi receive?

Honors received include Right Livelihood Award^[12], Balzan Prize^[13], Aga Khan Award for Architecture^[14], and Robert Matthew Prize^[15].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Hassan Fathi — place of birth (P19): Alexandria. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-15. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Hassan Fathi — place of death (P20): Cairo. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Hassan Fathi — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Hassan Fathi — country of citizenship (P27): Egypt. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Hassan Fathi — country of citizenship (P27): Ottoman Empire. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Hassan Fathi — educated at (P69): Cairo University. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Hassan Fathi — field of work (P101): architecture. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Hassan Fathi — occupation (P106): architect. archINFORM. Retrieved 2026-05-05. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Hassan Fathi — employer (P108): Cairo University. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Hassan Fathi — award received (P166): Right Livelihood Award. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Hassan Fathi — award received (P166): Balzan Prize. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Hassan Fathi — award received (P166): Aga Khan Award for Architecture. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Hassan Fathi — award received (P166): Robert Matthew Prize. uia-architectes.org. Retrieved 2023-09-25. uia-architectes.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Hassan Fathi — date of birth (P569): March 25, 1900. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-03. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Hassan Fathi — date of birth (P569): March 23, 1900. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-10-02. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Hassan Fathi — date of death (P570): November 30, 1989. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-03. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Hassan Fathi — family name (P734): Fathi. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Hassan Fathi — given name (P735): Hassan. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Hassan Fathi — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Arabic. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Hassan Fathi — name in native language (P1559): حسن فتحي. wikidata.org.

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